The Times Cryptic December 29 2020 Puzzle Answers

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27860
Clues	Answers
A lady leading the European Union? See you in France!	ADIEU
Beer delivery outside a stag do activity?	PAINTBALL
Brilliant Germany gutted to accept defeat	GLOSSY
Chicago, perhaps, takes charge of game	musical chairs
Deep red lips engaged in deception	CRIMSON
Food processor from Yemen, unfortunately with unknown content	ENZYME
Giant brown boxes appeal	TITAN
Group of spies mass surreptitiously?	secret service
Harry plants last of mint	MOLEST
Ladies and gents associated with city in a vague way	LOOSELY
Lake with a few houses is graceful	LISSOME
Mafia leader's way of raising the tone?	CAPO
Miss start of couple broadcasting	AIRING
Mythical creature in loch captured by heartless city police	CYCLOPS
Naivety of establishment at some point concealing church	INNOCENCE
Nick writing tip by a liberal, one with unusual tastes	CANNIBAL
One leaving someone on standby to search endlessly for battlefield?	WATERLOO
Partner on TV making an instrument	squeeze box
Perhaps waste copper's time infiltrating phoney pearl scam	scrap metal
Procedure over involuntary movement of the eye	OPTIC
Railways cut on a regular basis, regrettably	ALAS
Regularly chopped ferns and oaks, say, for starters	ENTREES
Reportedly lift fabric that's abrasive	steel wool
Reposition soldiers on island, for example moving north	REARRANGE
Responsibility leader ignored to admit I ignited gas, perhaps	UTILITY
Search me roughly for fine material	CASHMERE
Small piece of land isn't available?	ISLET
Squirm awkwardly around a nobleman	MARQUIS
Up-and-coming knight, German fellow, is a dish!	RISOTTO
What's often depressed after a period?	space bar
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1776
Clues	Answers
Adult joint's style of music	BLUEGRASS
Animal shelter contains device which monitors small dwelling	COTTAGE
At work, Ray, Lee and daughter like some cakes	LAYERED
Beer seen outside South Africa game usually	as a rule
Bike rides embodying advert for Greek islands	CYCLADES
Border patroller's opening drug	HEMP
Chaps on rocky peak finally broadcast anguish	TORMENT
Cheese female consumed the wrong way	FETA
Cricket team in novel event	ELEVEN
Crippled in heel on type of golf course	nine-hole
Devilish fifth grade male disrupts teacher in charge	DEMONIC
Embarrassed when theatrical person meets newsman	ASHAMED
Georgia, getting in hardwood, books “bony” joiner?	LIGAMENT
Holiday residence, home for criminal	VILLAIN
Imbecile Cockney journalist wearing black coat	donkey jacket
Jab acceptable during training	POKE
Legendary monster bore scar centrally	ORCA
Loosen piece of hair after bun arranged	UNBLOCK
Much appreciated handkerchief during short tour	thank you
One who applauds committee's filming equipment	CLAPPERBOARD
Regularly call funny Welshman	ALUN
Seaman reportedly avoided kidnap	ABDUCT
Second character in waterproof coat that gives skiers a lift	T-bar
Wrinkled expert grasping new sequence of steps	line dance